Background

In this technology era, English plays important roles in human’s daily life, especially in education.  In international education institution, English become the first language that is used to communicate between teacher and students which are come from different countries and different language. In Indonesia, government has decided to add English into lesson for elementary students to the college students. Nowadays, some institution also taught English for kindergarten students. The purpose of it is when the students have graduated from the school, they are able to speak English and have communication with people also get information around the world. Unfortunately, there are still students who are not able to speak English. It can be caused by the lack of the teaching and learning process. The problem may come from the teacher, students or the environment itself.  Those three elements are important to support the successful of teaching and learning process.

            As the explanation above, it is known that teaching English for students and make them master the speaking skill is not easy. According to Budiharsono (2006:21), teaching speaking requires specific technique different from the teaching of writing. The more suitable technique applied the easier the target will be achieved. One of the techniques that can be used to teach speaking skill is by using Role Play method. Role play is a method that makes students speaks through acting or storytelling.

            It can be conclude that, Role Play method which stands for acting and storytelling is specific technique that can help students speak more in class. They will have some conversation with their friends through acting some short drama or telling some story to their classmates by playing the role play as the story told. When the students often to speak English each other in class or school environment, they will commonly use English in their daily life. If they often speak using English, it will help them to be able or even master their speaking skill faster.

Abstract

The purpose of this classroom action research is to improve the students speaking skill through role play with serving acting and storytelling. Considering that speaking is the most often way that people use to communicate, make the role of speaking skill become important. Speaking ability is also became a sign that learners have mastered foreign language. But mastering a foreign language especially for having speaking ability is not easy for beginner learners. One way to help the beginners improve speaking skill is by using role play activity. Role play is an activity which asks students to be someone else. In this activity, students will play some drama and doing some conversation with other students or speak through storytelling.

Be a Favorite Teacher

 

A favorite teacher is a teacher who his or her students like to teach by. Students always feel happy when their favorite teacher is teaching in their class. They exited to study because they like the ambience when they are learning in classroom. They are enjoyed the lesson and receive the knowledge which is delivered by the teacher well. In fact, it is not easy to be a favorite teacher. Every student has different skill, interest and desire. They often dislike the lesson because they dislike the way their teacher teaches or they do not like the teacher then they are not enjoyed and dislike the teaching and learning process. To be what students like, a teacher must be smart, exited and sincere.  If students love their teacher it will open the opportunities to make them love the lesson, too. When the students love the lesson, automatically they can be easier to study and receive the materials.

A smart person is people who can make a complicated thing become simple. This also must occur on a teacher. A smart teacher can wrap the difficulties of the materials into simpler and easier to be learnt by students. First, a smart teacher must master the materials very well.  When a teacher masters the whole materials, she/he will present the materials fluently, explain to the students clearly and make them understand it easily. Sometimes, after students get the materials, they will ask to their teacher about what they do not understand or they do not know. Their questions are often unpredictable. A smart teacher will always be able to answer all questions from the students without afraid that she/he will make a mistake, because a teacher may not seen that she/he do not know what the students ask to her/him. A smart teacher must also be able to listen and organize the students’ opinion. She/he can give responses for their arguments and tell them when their opinion is not appropriate with the materials politely.

The next step to be a favorite teacher is a teacher must be excited on her/his every hour of teaching. An excited teacher always has desire to encourage the students to study hard and make their dreams come true. Because of this excitement, the teacher does not let the students bored on the teaching and learning process. She/he will be looking for best ways and methods to make the lesson interesting and fun to learn and make sure that the teaching and learning process is running effectively. When there are students who do not interested with the lesson, an excited teacher will never give up and try another ways to make them interested to follow the class and then the students will be excited to get the materials of the lesson. The teacher is always patient with students who is difficult to be maintained. There are not problems in class that can discourage teacher’s excitement to teach and become a favorite teacher.

The last but not least, a teacher must be sincere to teach her/his students. It is mostly forgotten by teachers. They thought that teaching is a work and what they need to do is only teaching. They explain the material without wanted to know weather their students understand the materials or not. They forgot that they have responsibilities to educate and train their students, too. They should tell to their students which one is true and which one is false. They also should accustom their students to have good characteristics, powerful mindset and discipline habit of study.  A favorite teacher is a good teacher, and a good teacher definitely knows that she/he has responsibilities. Sincere is one of important characteristics which a teacher should have, because it will be like an alarm that can remind the teacher to do what she/he should do, not only do what she/he wants to do. A sincere teacher will love her/his students and it will lead her/him to always make sure that the students can enjoy the class, receive the materials well, and finally they can apply it in their real life.

From the explanation above, it known that the success of teaching and learning process is very depending on the teacher. The teacher should have techniques and methods to make students cleverer. One way to make it happen is become a favorite teacher. What a teacher needs to be a favorite teacher is smart, excited and sincere. A smart teacher will lead her/his students get more knowledge and make them active to looking for more information. An excited teacher will bring students into understanding, which is very important to help them remember the whole materials of the lesson and also make the ambience of the class fun and effective. A sincere teacher will teach her/his students with love and help students to build good characteristics. Students will always feel happy when they are taught by their favorite teacher. When they are happy in teaching and learning process they will enjoy the class, easily receive the materials and do not have difficulty to solve the problems of study. Then in the end, the goals of teaching and learning process will be reached.

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